Hello once again. Sorry for the delay in updating but I have been rather busy lately what with finals and all. But I will try to continue to update this story as much as possible. This chapter probably isn't the most exciting but it is needed to keep the story going. I promise the next chapter will be much more exciting than this one, but please review this one anyways and let me know what you all think about it. I will try to post the next chapter soon, but I can't guarantee it. So please read and review and enjoy.
Chapter 5
Emiko walked back to her room, worried that her uncle might not be able to help Godzilla. She had seemed so excited at first, but now almost wished that she hadn't come along. Seeing Uncle Makoto depressed like this was something Emiko didn't like to see. She opened the door, walked inside, and closed it behind her.
"Hello there." Came two familiar voices from the shelf next to Emiko's bed. A quick glance (not that one was needed) instantly proved her correct that it was the earth cosmos who spoke.
"Hi." Emiko responded weakly.
"What seems to be the problem?" the two girls asked harmoniously.
Emiko's gaze drifted towards the bed, "its Godzilla. Uncle Makoto did a blood test on him and discovered that Godzilla doesn't have any Regenerator Cells left in him. And we don't know why."
Knowing full well what this meant the two girls began to give a response but was interrupted when the door suddenly opened. "Emiko, Doctor Makoto told me . . ." Miki lost her the remainder of her sentence when she happened a glance at the earth cosmos on the shelf. "How did you two get here?"
The earth cosmos greeted Miki with a smile and said, "It was with the help of Emiko here that we were able to do so. How have you been and how is Godzilla? Emiko told us the dreadful news."
Emiko looked from the twins to Miki and back, "You know each other?"
Miki kindly smiled and replied, "Yes, it has been years since I last saw them, but I do know them." Miki then turned to the twins and continued, "Yes, I'm afraid it's true. Godzilla has no more Regenerator Cells in his body, which explains why he hasn't been healing as well as he used to. In fact, I would guess that it has been a long time since Godzilla has fully recovered from any kind of damage." Then, out of wonder, Miki asked, "What brings you to Monster Island anyways?"
The two girls seemed to perk up at this question, but only a little, "We are here to keep Godzilla alive. The world is in danger and Doctor Makoto along with Emiko is helping us to save Godzilla so that he may defend the world."
"What kind of danger?" Miki asked.
The earth cosmos glanced at each other and warily replied, "We don't know, but we can sense a evil presence hovering over earth."
Miki pondered this for a moment then remembered the original reason why she had come to this room in the first place, "Say Emiko, your uncle wants to talk to you. I almost forgot to tell you."
Emiko smiled and thanked Miki as she rushed out of the room to find her uncle. Miki was left to talk with the earth cosmos, something she has wanted to do for a very long time.
"There you are. I was beginning to wonder if you were coming or not." Doctor Makoto sighed when he seen his niece jogging up to him.
"What did you want?"
Doctor Makoto looked at his niece with a mix of emotions, "I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I hate to ask this of you, but I was wondering if you could go back to Japan for me." Emiko's puzzled look must have given her thoughts away as Makoto explained, "There is a chance that my lab back in Japan may still have some Regenerator Cells in it. If there is, I want you to bring them back with you."
Emiko suddenly realized the plan, "So you want to inject them into Godzilla and see if the reproduce right?"
"Yes, that is exactly right. I will be sending Daisuke along with you for company so that you are not alone. I would go myself, but I must monitor Godzilla's health. After that last fight with Anguirus, he suffered some critical injuries and it is vital that those are tended to. Don't worry; Miki will be more than enough help until you two get back."
Emiko nodded in understanding. She knew her uncle wouldn't be able to come along. That was obvious from the beginning. Emiko only worried how she was going to get along with Daisuke who didn't show much interest in anything around here. "So, when will we be leaving?"
"Actually I have scheduled a plane for the two of you to leave tomorrow. I hope that is alright. The sooner we get those Regenerator Cells, the better chance Godzilla stands of surviving this mess." Emiko nodded in agreement. Just by looking over her uncle's shoulders, she could grab a glimpse of Godzilla in that cage. His breaths were heavy and slow. The creature hadn't shown much strength since the fight. "Well," Doctor Makoto said, interrupting Emiko's thoughts, "you better get some rest. Tomorrow will be a busy day."
The Next Day in Japan
Emiko had just arrived at her uncle's place, the same place where she had been sitting before she met the earth cosmos. Everything suddenly felt different as she entered through the doors. Of course, she didn't enter alone as Daisuke walked in with her. That man, what is wrong with him? He hasn't said a word to me all this time. Emiko thought as she glanced around the place.
Grabbing the paper from which Makoto had written the instructions on, Emiko searched for the correct information, "Let's see, according to what uncle wrote, he should have a set of keys in his desk drawer. Those will get us into his lab where the Regenerator Cells are."
Emiko found her to Doctor Makoto's study in an awkward silence as Daisuke remained silent. She thought of striking up a conversation to make things more interesting, but the idea sounded stupid since he probably would just shrug her off, or ignore her completely (not that he wasn't doing that already).
It only took minutes to find the study and the two entered. The room was surprisingly small and only contained two filing cabinets with a large desk centered in the back of the room. "Alright, look for a set of keys. Uncle Makoto said they would be in one of the drawers." Emiko started searching through the drawers of the desks while Daisuke only stood there.
"Why do you want to save Godzilla?" He finally asked.
Emiko looked up to him in surprise, "What?"
"I said, 'why do you want to save Godzilla?' Why is he worth saving when he has done so much to Japan? If anything, you should have let him die in that death match."
Emiko bit her lip. Should I tell him why? If I do, he surely won't believe me, but if I don't, he'll probably just make more trouble for me. "W-Well . . . that's because . . . Godzilla needs . . . to protect the world."
Daisuke looked at her confusedly, and then replied, "Are you serious? That is what the Mecha-Godzilla is for."
"Never mind." Emiko quickly retorted, as she scolded herself for ever thinking that he might believe her. Emiko went back to searching the drawers until she found what they had come for. The keys rested in the bottom drawer, and Emiko removed them and placed them into her pocket.
"Now what?" Daisuke asked sharply.
"We get the Regenerator Cells." Emiko replied weakly.
Later that Night
The two rested in the room after returning from the lab. Fortunately, there had been one sample of Regenerator Cells intact and no one was using it at the time. And because many of the employees from the lab knew Emiko from her helping Doctor Makoto, she'd had no trouble obtaining the sample. The only problem that remained was getting back home. Their flight for tonight had been cancelled due to extreme weather conditions, the likes of which no one had ever seen before.
The two stood in Doctor Makoto's house as they watched the lightening storm. Golden streaks of lightening rained from the clouds and swept through the city. Thunder never sounded from the storm; only lightening went through Japan.
"This is weird, isn't it?" Emiko said suddenly. She had never seen anything quite like it. As she gazed out of the window, she thought to herself, it's scary how it never stops. Beautiful, but is very scary to think that this kind of lightening storm could happen.
"Are you going to be alright?" Emiko jumped at the question when she realized it was Daisuke who was asking it. Emiko only then realized that she had been holding her arms and shaking. Quickly she nodded her answer and went back to watching the lightening.
The two spent the majority of the night watching the lightening strike and how it lit up the sky to a golden yellow. Neither one had ever seen such things occur, but both were mesmerized by the firework-like display.
"I've been hearing about this lately." Daisuke suddenly blurted. Emiko looked at him confusedly. "The lightening, I've heard other officers talk about it. They said it has been going on for close to a month now. It has caused some serious damage in not only Japan, but around the world. I wonder what is going on."
"Maybe it has something to do with the danger that the world is in?" Emiko thought out loud.
"Danger? You really seem to think the earth is in some kind of danger don't you?" Daisuke said, though he himself wondered what the lightening meant for the future of Japan.
Emiko ignored his response because she knew that she would just get scoffed at if she tried to explain further. So, she got up from her spot and headed off to bed. Daisuke watched her go, but remained up to watch the lightening. He couldn't remember when he fell asleep, but next he knew the sun was shining and Emiko was eating breakfast at the table. Daisuke walked in and heard the television news reporters discussing the lightening storm from the previous night.
"According to official reports, the lightning struck at an average three hundred strikes per second for over four hours into night. Sources indicate no explanation as to why such an event is occurring. But it has been confirmed that similar storms took place at about the same time in countries such as Germany, the U.S., and India. People are advised that should a lightning storm hit, they should remain inside their homes and stay away from all electrical devices and be especially careful in the use of water faucets and home appliances."
The story continued on and displayed some of the damage that the lightening had caused over the night. The amount of damage shocked both Daisuke and Emiko as the pictures resembled more of tornado damage than of damage caused by lightening.
"We better get back to Monster Island." Daisuke finally said, "It's not safe here at the moment."
Emiko agreed but wondered to herself, I wonder if he actually is a nice guy. Maybe he has just been in a bad mood or something. I'll have to try to be nice to him. Fortunately, the airport didn't suffer much damage so the two were able to return later that day with the Regenerator Cells to Monster Island.